Name/Title
Mt. Cheam and Chilliwack from the Fraser River, B.C.Entry/Object ID
2017.02.07Description
Painting
This landscape image depicts Mt. Cheam and Chilliwack, B.C. from a distant vantage point in the forested valley. Mount Cheam dominates the eastern Fraser Valley, just east of Chilliwack.Artwork Details
Medium
Watercolour on paperSubject Place
Region
Cascades and PlateauContinent
North AmericaContext
Mount Cheam was part of the oral history of the Sto:lo First Nations peoples. The Halkomelem name, Theeth-uhl-kay, means "the source" or "the place from which the waters spring." For the Sto:lo, the peak is the "mother mountain" or old woman overlooking her children dwelling in the valley. Cheam, the official name of the peak, is said to be the Halkomelem word for "wild strawberries."Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
John (James) Stuart PearceRole
PainterDate made
1932Time Period
20th CenturyNotes
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
John (James) Stuart Pearce was a Canadian painter active from the 1890s into the 1930s. He was a surveyor for the Government of British Columbia, a job which took him to remote areas of the province where he spent a good part of his lifetime painting, likely much of it watercolour landscape "en plein air". He was a member of the Island Illustrators Society, and had a solo exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1934.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
Inscription, StampLocation
Notations from previous labels and dust seals pasted verso frame (photocopy in file):
Mt Cheam & Chilliwack
From Fraser River B.C.
Watercolour by J. Stuart Pearce 1932
J. Stuart Pearce / autograph on picture
Mt. Cheam & Chilliwack
from...illegible...B.C.
Plus Options Picture Framing stampDimensions
Dimension Description
Visible imageHeight
13.3 cmWidth
18.4 cmAcquisition
Acquisition Method
PurchaseNotes
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